Red John case is definitely one of the most intriguing things i've ever seen, love it!

Assessing the 7 suspects, now 6 after Partridge is dead (Partridge was definitely an accomplice), I also believe that Bob Kirkland has his own agenda and wants some kind of vengeance against RJ, but not sure what.. maybe he was the boyfriend of Lorelei's sister who got murdered by RJ and he wants to confirm his suspicions..? Only a wild guess there, but the truth will unfold soon.

As for Bertram, McCallister and Smith, they all have a secret that they want to keep hidden because once it sees the day of light, they're career and lives will be in danger. And I think RJ is the one that threatens their secret, as someone else has posted here, too.

Brett Stiles..I would be disappointed if he turns out to be RJ because it just seems too obvious.. however, he is very much connected with RJ and he definitely knows who RJ is..probably acted as a father/mentor figure for him in the past. 

This leaves Ray Haffner, who has been my number one suspect since the release of the 7 suspects. Not only he fits the description by Sophie Miller, but his past, personality, feelings towards lisbon etc makes him the biggest suspect indeed. Really looking forward to the next few episodes, when more light is being shed on the case. 

P.s. someone mentioned that the phobia RJ has might be related to pigeons..I personally find the pigeons scenes highly interesting, and I am not surprised at all if at the end it turns out that this might be true. 

I think that Ray Haffner is Red John. First, he is portrayed by Re(e)d Diamond. Second, alluding to the Where's Waldo reference, I won't be surprised if you can see him in the background (in the CBI) of most of the episodes. Third, he has the skills of a detective as well as the skills of manipulation which he could have gathered from his time in Visualize.

First, excuse my English, I'm not a very good speller.

My theory:
I was thinking that maybe Red John is a
part of an old secret society with a lot of
powerful people. They all do horrible stuff,
does not have to be murders but just bad stuff.
Then Red John goes "bananas", his killing,
everything. But he warnes the people in the
society to not tell caus' if they do that he will
out all the shit they have done and that could
mean loosing power-positions, money,
respect, going to jail. So they stay silent.
Red John keeps doing what he does.

The closer Jane gets the other men gets more
nervous, so they help Red John in the ways
they can. By now they are not only afraid of
loosing power and such, most of them have
familys, and they know what Red John does
to people, to familys.

Maybe the meeting point for Brett Styles and
Red John was when RJ started at that ranch
with the sign on the wall. Maybe that was the
point where Brett Styles started his loyalty to
RJ - RJ swore to be silent, and Brett Styles
could build his imperium. In one episod Brett
Styles gave Jane a piece of paper with info on
it but it needed to be hush hush and he would
never help him again.

They know what RJ does.
So they are scared shitless now that Jane is getting
closer, thats why they are talking to eachother,
they have everything to loose.
Jane has nothing to loose (Well Lisbon, but will
he stop?) he will keep going, he will hunt RJ
to the end of the world if he needs to.

The whole thing in the mall, it was only a way
for RJ to see what Jane would do. Would he
kill him? Would he cry? Would he let him go?
Yada yada yada, it was only to gain power.

That's what I was thinking.

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It looks like Kirkland, Bertram, McAllister, and Smith have formed a brotherhood which is involved in dirty covert operations. They're after Red John just like Jane is. Somehow they see Red John as a potential threat to their operation and they're planning to get rid of him. On the other hand they don't want him to get caught by the good cops, since he might know enough to put them down, I'm guessing Red John has even threatened them already. That's why Kirkland broke into Jane's room to get the list of suspects, and that's how Bertram knew Jane was getting close.

Did you notice Bertram's face when he learned Partridge was dead? He was genuinely surprised and kind of shocked. Maybe Partridge was part of the brotherhood too or somehow connected to it, which is the reason why Red John killed him. The only piece of data that might belie my theory is the fact that Kirkland didn't ask Lennon about Red John's identity, which would suggest he already knew him, then it wouldn't make sense for him to follow Jane's progress on the Red John case unless he is Red John himself or an accomplice, which would totally blot out my theory. I think I've been looking at it the wrong way all along, with the presumption that Kirkland knew what we knew namely Lennon being Red John's accomplice. Jane and Lorelei were the only ones that knew it back then. So what if Kirkland killed a potential Red John witness for an entirely different reason without having the slightest idea what he was actually doing?

The conversation Bertram and Kirkland had plus Homeland's access to the Red John case, and the conversation Smith and Bertram had after Jane left all support my theory. I believe Red John will kill one of the them very soon.

Facts confirmed by Heller as truth and not Red Herrings:

Every piece of info in Season 6 is the truth
Red John is a man
He is on the List of 7
Patridge is dead

So with that knowledge and things we know from the past we can narrow the list down.
It's not Reede Smith as he is not fit as described in Episode 2 of Season 6
It's not Stiles since he is too old HOWEVER he could still be involved (likely)
It's not Bertram since we know Red John has dark hair (not neccesarily black since in a dimly lit room dark is easily mistaken for black) and Bertram is bald.

That leaves Kirkland, McAllister and Heffner. It's PROBABLY not Kirkland as it would be the easiest pick. Also, he had people break into Jane's room AFTER Lorelei was dead. So he could not deduce the list from those files since he saw them AFTER the video with Lorelei was made. Furthermore Red Johns accomplice did not recognize him in the Hospital. So Kirkland is out.

We now have McAllister and Heffner left. Both VERY likely candidates, both match most of the various descriptions given and both would match the build of the peole we have seen to be Red John. Heffner is connected to Visualize and Stiles. A theory would be that Heffner is Red John and Stiles was his Mentor of sorts or functioned as a father figure when he developed his killing habit. This is a very likely scenario. Alos he appeared in a few episodes before and is incredibly charming. Jane did trick him but that could be a ruse.

McAllister is likely because despite just having one episode earlier, it was written by Heller himself and he fits the age (as in the show he is roughly 50) and also has an interesting thing going on. He is the head of the department in Nappa county and interestingly enough the episode with him is set there where also coincidentally two of Red Johns deciples were killing people. He did lose in Rock Paper Scissors against Jane but that means nothing as he could have easily faked that.

So those two are the most likely candidates IF Heller was telling the truth and not lying about the facts stated above. 

Stiles knows who Red John is since he worked on the Visualize farm. So if McAllister is not revealed as a Visualize Member we have our answer. Personally, I believe Haffner is Red John with Stiles as his mentor, maybe even being Red John himself with Haffner as his protegé.

November will tell :)

Am I the only one to think that whether someone is a good whistler is nothing a psychiatrist would care about? It is just not relevant at all for a psychological profile, is it?

Also, how did Sophie Miller know about the whistling abilities in the first place? A calm guy who "needs no distraction" while sitting in the waiting room surely did not whistle the charts (which would be a form of distraction).

I am pretty sure Bruno Heller wants to set us on the wrong track with this one.

Only if Bruno Heller didn't lie about the clues he gives in interviews it must be Kirkland:
#1. Red John is someone on the list of 7. Bruno Heller said we can trust the list.
#2. Red John has been there from the very beginning. He said we will realize that he has been there from the beginning. Partridge was in season 1 episode 1, and Kirkland was in the 'prequel' episode where Jane starts at the CBI.
#3. Partridge is dead, Bruno Heller confirmed the death after the last episode, that eliminates him from the above.
#4. Red John is someone we've seen before. We've seen Kirkland many times obviously.

The only thing that's baffling is that he also said that he knew who Red John is from the start, and even though Kirkland was there according to the story, he was not in season one, and that season was originally written as a stand alone story.