Who is Red John?

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

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Theory #4403 • By Iknowit
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The red head psychic, was it Judith Hoag, don't remember the name, but clearly she is Red John. All the facts point to her.  Need say no more.

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Theory #4402 • By gurvinder
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no one can see and talk to red john without patrick jane.
red john is the second personality(dual personality) of jane.
he only show lisbon and whole world that red john is just another person by strictly only talk to red john friends by himself.
1)if he is not red john then the whole serial has no mean at all;

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S5-E21. The Tupperware Box Story.

In the end, it's revealed that the Tupperware has the tongue of Mr.SayNay, the one who raped La Roche's Mother. LaRoche has his tongue collected by himself or someone else. Mr.SayNay, though unable to speak,  tries to utter some words. "Hae Hao". 
If you hold your tongue with fingers, and tried to say Red John, those are exact words comes from your mouth. Perhaps LaRoche is Red John or LaRoche has taken a favor from Red John.

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Honestly I think RedJohn is Virgil Minelli. If you look at the seasons that is as head of the brigade always has to go away, and curiously during these trips, RedJohn appears during the absence of Virgil.

Could it be to withdraw from the squad to devote all the time to Patrick?

The thought that Patrick Jane is RedJohn would be disastrous for the brilliant career of this series, so do not contemplate.

Sorry my text, Google Traductor :)

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Theory #4398 • By jaydrawmer
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I used to be a strong believer that Jane was Red John but they are writing it to be impossible for him to be. The one thing I can't get passed though is when Jane has the hallucination of his daughter and she looked him in the face and said do they even know who you are and Jane has the sheepish guilty look on his face.

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Jane is Red John, he sleeps at the CBI, and naps regularly. Its a "Fight Club" scenario, he obviously doesn't know about this alter ego. While in his night time "trance" or whatever at the CBI, he goes through files and solves them by deduction. He stealthily travels to the area in question and either contacts the murderer and turns them into desciples. When loreili said Jane had "shaken hands" or whatever with Red John, she meant the preverbial handshake as Jane had recently been living a darker lifestyle, he was Red John more than Jane. Crimson Hat begins with Jane in vegas, he had been ripping people off for lots of money, and was obviously an alcoholic. Lorilie knew him as Red John as first, but quickly realized she liked him as a good person as well. Which would explain why Lorilie seems to be in love with Jane, and vice versa.

I also suspect certain people on the suspect list are actually deciples giving Bruno Hellar an opportunity to save face since Jane isnt technically on the list. Probably the director has figured it out, as he got REALLY good a playing cards, after the strawberries and cream episode. How could he have gotten SO good at cards after getting to know "Jane" better? The director figured it out and knows only to talk to Jane/RedJohn at night whilst "jane" is in his trance and RedJohn/Jane tought him how to cheat. I suspect Christina Frye has also figured this out. It would explain why she would only talk to Jane as a "spirit" after Jane and lisbon find her. AND why she was left "alive" with no signs of torture.

The reason Red John asked for lisbons head in a box, its because he knows Jane wouldnt do it. If Red John is aware that without Janes team there would be no more fun and games, it would make sense that none of them have been killed, or even threatened. Speaking of team members, I think the FBI woman suspects this, her capability to read people and her instinct are rivaled only by Jane.

This would explain PERFECTLY the way Brett Styles' behaviour and respect of Jane. AND why he was in a postion to give Jane the address of Christina Frye, without fear of repercussions. It also explains why the writers couldnt elaborate on Bretts connection to RJ further.
Please tell me what you think guys! Im a huge fan and dont get to watch as much as I'd like. This is the best show on TV for a looong time and no matter who RJ turns out to be, i have a feeling I wont be let down.

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