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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Red John is Bob Kirkland. From the previous episode the descriptions of Red is middle age in good health, doesnt have many friends, well spoken, excellent whistler, damaged narcisstic personality disorder, deceptive in emotional makeup, not needed for distractions. Clearly Bret Stiles is older than middle aged, even though he is a narcisstic individual. Bob kirkland is obviously middle aged, speaks well in a haughty body language, and very careful when he speaks. Its almost he had suffered from a speech impediment as a young child. Who agrees with me? :)

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Really doubt it's Bertram. He's a CBI director who gets on the media frequently and i'm sure Jane's psychiatrist would have recognized Bertram if he went to her. 

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Did anyone find the scene where the doctor interrupted Jane and Lisbon odd? Who is Carmen Lee? I can't imagine that was just a coincidence.

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Let me draw a map:

William Blake:
Tiger, Tiger
Embrace of Partridge
The Great Red Dragon

The Great Red Dragon:
The Beast that comes up out of the sea.(on the wall in the house where partridge was "murdered" was 666, the mark of the beast)
In the Bible, the Red Dragon has seven heads (seven suspects) one of which is killed, only to be resurrected again.

The Mentalist Connections:
Embrace of Partridge: Brett Partridge
The Great Red Dragon: Title of episode seven, season six.
Tiger, Tiger: Poem recited by Red John which holds some significance. Written By WIlliam Blake, artist responsible for the two paintings mentioned before.

 
Brett Partridge is the first head that was slayed, in the end he will be resurrected.

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Theory #5431 • By Jtalent
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This is my first post I have done like everyone else and looked for clues inside of everything and I really like how far people go with their theories so I'll throw my stuff out there too.  First I always go back to that episode "Red Johns Friends" where Renfrew was killed and written in blood was "he is mar" or could have been "he is man" Well this list is very important because what if what he meant to say was he is many because you have all of them conspiring together except for Haffner, Partridge, and Stiles.  I don't think Partridge is dead I think Red John would do something like that to change the game to try and gain back the element of surprise if Jane thinks he is dead he won't be expecting him also Lisbon said that he said Tyger Tyger and the only people to say that have been red john and the killer that worked for red john so why would Partridge say it and Jane blew it off quickly when Lisbon said it I also have the theory it could be a trigger word for being hypnotized.  Now finally one last thing if it was "he is mar" mar is an abbreviation for master arts in religion.  Well there is just some of my crazy ideas I think its still Partridge.

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Pigeon "man/lady" sitting on the bench, feeding the pigeons while Lisbon and Jane are talking about RJ in the latest episode. This is not the first time birds are featured, pigeons in particular. & rewatch that section, it's too odd. The camera zooms in on the hands and the shoes of the Pigeon lady. The time frame seems to be after the meeting with Bertram, Smith, and McCallister; therefore, I believe it's got to be... Stiles!

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Red John is more than one person. All of the thought and dedication takes more than one man. Red John seems to be different here and there which throws you off of his scent. Besides it would be too anticlimactic if it ended the way it is going. This would be a nice twist

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