Who is Red John?

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List of seven

Thomas McAllister
Thomas McAllister Reede Smith
Reede Smith Ray Haffner
Ray Haffner Gale Bertram
Gale Bertram Brett Partridge
Brett Partridge Bret Stiles
Bret Stiles Bob Kirkland
Bob Kirkland

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Guys, guys, guys...

It can't be so simple... It shouldn't be! I mean after all these seasons and careful hintings, the show writers can't just come up with a single guy being behind all this operation. I'm still thinking that the creators will have to satisfy the needs of the bigger crowd who expect to have one of the obvious characters to be RJ BUT also, they will have to make a hit. And that hit must come from an angle which most did not consider. Otherwise, there's no point in doing such a mental cobweb full of mind games and complicated connections.

So my money is on a team of 2 forming Red John concept. First they will give us the obvious one (one of the 7) and satisfy (!) the needs of the most, and then as we start suspecting it's not over yet, they will give us the real deal (the unexpected hit). After this point, there is NO OTHER WAY OF MAKING THIS SHOW a legend in its range. And yes, Red John is connected with Patrick way before his family's murder. Either directly or indirectly. And yes, his father will play a great role at the end (probably will turn up being a foster and the true RJ himself) because there's no other explanation on why he is not even mentioned except for that small flashback. When Jane had to confront with the carnival people for some certain investigations, they didn't even ask or tell anything about his father. Can you imagine that? The only person who can be linked to you is your father (based on your relationship with those people) and you do your chattering about weather and old stuff but nobody even asks "are you hearing from your dad?" or anything like that.

Wake up people!!!

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GABE MANCINI;

Any new Red John theories have to address the Suspect List and Lorelei's curious computer epistle.
Most of the Red John theories are confused because they spend too much time ruminating over clues which lead to Red John red herrings.
Bruno Heller has emphasised that the list is credible and that each Red John suspect on the list is a legitimate suspect. Bruno Heller has not confirmed that Red John is actually on the list.
If Red John is not on the list, why does he fear the list?
It can only be that Red John is a close associate of someone on the list whose investigation will lead towards his unveiling.
Lets look at the suspects on the list. Each suspect except one is a credible Red John suspect. Each character on Jane's list has been either a Red John red herring or his behavior has been suspicious like Sherriff MaCallister's attempt to intercept Van Pelt, except one Reede Smith.
Reede Smith is the odd one out on Jane's list therefore his presence is crucial.
Reede Smith is definitely not Red John
Therefore Red John must be a close associate of his; Gabe Mancini.
If Gabe Mancini is Red John, it would explain a curious detail in Lorelei's statement " I will kill often until you catch me or I catch you ". I believe that this could be a reference to Mancini's pursuit of Jane through the Statehouse(Red Beads).

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In most episodes, the identity of the killer is kept a secret until Jane set them up. And giving the identity of Red John on a list is not in their nature. I believed that the list contains some friends of Red John but not the man himself. Otherwise it would very anticlimatic because we know it would be one of the seven.

This is just an observation. There have only two other serial killers on the show. The one that RJ killed and the one in the second episode of the season 1. The sheriff appeared in the latter. It could be a coincidence. But he could be RJ or his friend.

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Theory #4055 • By Philipee6
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I don't think it's one of these list ...
I'm still pretty sure that it can be Patrick !

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episode 19*5

What's with the Bloody Mary? Same drink Jane drank on the anniversary of his family's death. 2. Why did Jane smile when he picked up the toothpick ?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzDyGcBwJnU this video describes a lot of great information of why Brett Partridge is RJ and I agree with all of his deep research.

on a side note I found out the name of the first episode of season 6 will be called "desert rose" which is a rosette formations of crystal clusters of gypsum so its a rose thats not really a rose which would mean that the list is not really the list ;).

I can't wait for season 6 this September I will be so happy then :D

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Patrick has finally reduced his Red John list to only two
possible candidates. Let’s say Bob Kirkland and Walter Mashburn. Patrick removes
any references to Mashburn on his connection board, leaving Kirkland and six
other characters that he has already eliminated. After letting Red John copy the
information (Red Letter Day episode) and derive the planted list, he waits for
Red John to react. If Red John thinks Patrick is off the mark and he will stay
smugly silent. In that case, Mashburn is Red John.  If Red John is provoked into a violent
response because he feels Patrick is drawing close (Red John’s Rules), Patrick
concludes it must be Kirkland.

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