And another thought that came to my mind, about…Walter
Mashburn!  Ok, he is not on the list, so
what? Jane never reveals his suspects before catching them. At first, I said
ok, let`s trust Bruno Heller and accept that we can trust the list. Maybe we
can. Maybe all those seven are somehow involved. But also, The Mentalist is not
a show where they give us the killer just like that. Because, let`s be honest:
we have a list of  suspects, so when the
moment of revealing RJ will come, maybe we will be surprised, but not that
much. What is the point of knowing the suspects? It just reduces the impact of
the show. Some of the fans could say “Ok, we have a list. I`ll watch only the
last episode to see which of them is the bastard.”. And then, when he is
revealed, we would be like “Ok, it`s Stiles, or Partridge, or one of the other
five. Interesting, but not a bummer”

My point is, everytime I think about Mashburn, all the
things related to him make me think that he is RJ. Besides the fact that he is
rich, has links and many important friends, he is mean and always get what he
wants, there is something that intrigues me.

In the last episode of season 5, “Red John`s rules”, Lisbon
says to Jane, “I can keep secrets”; he disagrees, but in a very weird way, like
he actually know that Lisbon is hiding something from him. Now, from what we know,
which is the ONE thing that Lisbon never told Jane? Right, Jane has no clue
that Lisbon slept with Mashburn. Of course, she doesn`t have to share with Jane
her sexual life, but still, it`s Mashburn, not just a random guy. In fact,
neither of us knows how did Mashburn get Lisbon to sleep with him.

More than that, when we first saw Mashburn in the second
season, there was a moment when he told Jane “now you just have to catch me”.
Then, in “Red John`s rules”, in the video which RJ sent to Jane he says, at a
point “until you catch me, or I catch you”. Small clue, but still.

Also, did you noticed that, each time Mashburn appears
(especially in the first episode we saw him) a really creepy music plays in the
background?

I was thinking...what if the person who wrote "HE IS MAR" on the wall wasn`t that men who knew Red John, but the hooker? In this case, the whole "he is mar" shouldn`t mean a name, or an occupation, as the hooker can`t guess those things. So, in this case, "he is mar" should reffer to a physical characteristic. He is marked, maybe? He is married (if RJ is wearing a wedding ring)?
I`m just trying to say that maybe Red John has something on his physical appeareance that makes him look different, or special.

Just a comment. In the episode "Throwing fire" I think perhaps that the little girl that Jane and Alex were trying to con could possibly have been one of three people.......

Van-pelt's sister: perhaps she was extreamly ill, and had heard about the family crystal and it's "healing powers"..... and maybe this is the "tragedy" Grace was talking about in the past because shortly after her Sister died of the cancer. But then how can she suppress the chance to eliminate and torture Jane? 

Also, if you notice in the episode the little girl says to Patrick "Cool shirt." and it does sound a hell of a lot like Grace's pitch and tonality of voice.

Kristina Frye: She is another person who could have been the little girl, she could have been the sick child and perhaps she found treatment later on in life to put her cancer into remission, and she never forgot about what Jane did to her.

Rosalind Harker: perhaps she was the little child who wen't blind, and of course assuming she is actually blind (it isn't proven) she would'nt have recognized Jane's face or body image, but the voice should have been a giver! or maybe she couldn't remember to recognize him! 

Also the child was in a wheelchair and taken from a limo to the carnival, perhaps Van-pelt or her sister were from a wealthy dysfuntional family, and perhaps they wanted to get away form it, and i bet you any money one of them or both of them ran into the Visualize cault and had their minds corrupted by Brett Styles! 

Let me know what you think! 

There are plenty of reasons why it's totally plausible that Brett Partridge is Red John. He fits the description given by Rosalind Harker. He's a forensics expert. He "irks" Patrick Jane. His voice has that same odd, soft tone to it. We all know this. 

I think there's a lot of multi-layered meaning in the characters' names, particularly those of the seven Red John suspects. The name "Brett Partridge" is one of the most interesting. According to Greek mythology, the first partridge appeared when Daedalus threw his nephew Perdix off the sacred hill of Minerva in a fit of jealous rage. Perdix, as an apt scholar under Daedalus's charge, showed considerable evidence of ingenuity. Walking along the seashore, he picked up the spine of a fish. Imitating it, he took a piece of iron and notched it along the edge, thus inventing the saw. He then put two pieces of iron together with a rivet at one end, sharpened the other ends, and thus made a pair of compasses. (Yes, the myth specifically says iron. Possible origin for the Tagliaferro alias?) Daedalus could not bear the idea of a rival, and was so envious of his nephew's accomplishments that he took the opportunity to push him off a high tower atop the hill. Athena, who favors ingenuity, saw Perdix falling and changed him into a bird -- a partridge. Mindful of his fall, the partridge does not build its nests in the trees or take lofty flights, and avoids high places. For his crime, Daedalus was tried and banished. Athena brands him with a partridge so he will never forget the crime. 

To me, this could mean several things in regards to Brett Partridge/Red John:

1. As I said, it might serve to explain where Red John got the name Tagliaferro. Yes, Tagliaferro means "cut iron," but why pick that name? It's an awfully specific and uncommon name to pull out of thin air, which I doubt Red John would do anyway. Remember, he considers himself a showman. Everything is intentional, and there are no coincidences.

2. We already know that Red John is/was somehow involved with Visualize. We know that Timothy Farragut, the original Visualize guru, was quite possibly murdered by Bret Stiles, and we assume that Stiles would have done this purely for the sake of power. But what if there's more to that story? I don't think it's a coincidence that Stiles and Partridge are both named Bret/Brett. The writers of The Mentalist could have picked any name, so why give the same name to two characters, especially when both of those characters turn out to be such significant parts of the story?
My own personal theory, based on the Greek partridge myth -- Bret Stiles is Brett Partridge's father, or the two are at least related. As the guru of Visualize, Timothy Farragut would have been something of a "teacher" to all his followers, including Bret and Brett. Farragut observes that despite his young age, Brett has gathered a number of his own followers within the cult. Brett is a skilled manipulator capable of great charisma, a worthy rival that Farragut feels compelled to somehow rid himself of. Farragut's plans, whatever they were, go awry, and although he manages to cause Brett's "fall from grace" within Visualize, he is "banished" (killed) by either Bret or Brett in 1977.

3. Just like partridges avoid literal high places, Red John avoids figurative high places in society (prestigious jobs, appearing to be particularly gifted at his job in forensics, or anything that would call too much attention to his true identity) as Brett Partridge. He is mindful of his prior fall, and he lays low. Every other suspect on Patrick's list has a fairly public and relatively high-ranking job, whereas Partridge appears so average that he just kind of disappears into the background of society. If you want to be a notorious serial killer, you have to appear completely mediocre. 




I do think the other six people on the list are associates/followers of Red John, and that Gale Bertram is Red John's right-hand man. I think the name "Bertram" is a reference to Prince Bertram the Bad, a children's book about a prince who was "born bad" and enjoys terrorizing the people around him. It's an obscure reference, but all the illustrations in the book are done primarily in red tones (even the cover is red). I don't think that kind of imagery is an accident. 

Everyone remember "Tyger Tyger"? The poem that Red John recited? Well, the author of that poem is William Blake (often connected with Serial kiillers because of his dark christian-based work).  Well, Blake is quoted by another character, once, in the entire series, at the end of a case, NOT in the presence of Jane. Blake was quoted by Bertram, and Cho picked up on the fact that the author was Blake, and then this was NEVER mentioned again. A perfect piece of dramatic irony, a clue that would give Jane everything he needs to know, but Cho didn't know to give it to him.