Who is Red John?

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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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i want to my thoughts with you guys.
First, I think the Carmen lee was some of message from red john or could have been nothing. Carmen is the colour RED and reminded jane of Sophie somehow.

Secondly, red john has been using kirkland info on jane. He has been under surveillance for 9 yrs. Rj told jane to roll tide in season 2 finale. This is what kristina frye told the waiter. So rj overheard their conversation. I think kirkland have met Rj and has trusted him with his investigation but he does know it. And Rj has been using kirkland to stay one step ahead of Jane. We still dont know Rj friend in the FBI. Alexa Schultz knows about kirkland investigation she was the one to call Minelli. Maybe she is Rj contact.

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ok , let me start this off by saying many people probably understood heller wrong when he said the suspect was on the list .. because this is what happened:- "Heller can we trust the list" ...
answer:-"yes we can trust the list" .. you guys know how bruno .. even if the list is fake he can't just say that straight up.. My guess is the list is real but with 1 or 2 extra suspects jane has saved in his mind .."Just incase" now let me get back to "What if red john is on the list" , Let me start excluding suspects using completely logical and reasonable arguments , we know that Red john himself went to sophie miller as Jay roth, Back then Brett stiles was famous and too high profile to risk being identified by sophie miller.. secondly he did break out Lorelei martins out of prison , red john would of never done that unless he wanted that to happen.. which he didn't , Ok so brett stiles out , Brett partridge Assuming he is dead which he probably is.. is out aswell , Leaving 5 people , Kirkland goes down the drain in a heart beat because of the season 3 episode 4 promo.. #1 ..torturing jane for the real list of suspects which red john already has..  , #2. he broke into janes room and stole his info while red john knew the list way before ,, 
Now we have 4 suspects left ,,, Lets try our best to exclude 2 more , Gale bertram first... Gale bertram as the director of CBI is too high profile to walk into Sophie millers office just pretending to be someone else.. secondly he doesnt have the correct physical features and seems like he doesnt have the correct charisma... now we can't really exclude reede smith out of anything but i just  will go with my hunch and say hes too shallow to be red john....

Now we're left with 2 people .. Sherrif thomas mcallister .. 
                                            Raymond haffner

Now the sherrif would make a good red john because of one thing , The actor Xander berkly has been the criminal mastermind of the show nikita and is a very skilled and talented actor and many clues were represented about him in season 6 episode 3 ... "His stealthy movement, the fact that when red john saved jane and came back to scare him he moved quietly.. secondly..  he saved jane on the roof top , could that be a sign , that red john saved his life twice?...  thirdly his pointy shoes .. when rj saved jane from the copy cat killers he was wearing pointy shoes aswell... theres the scene when he freaked out from the pigeons oluaghlin asking van pelt to come to napa county...him whisteling.. etc etc

Haffner also suits because of some clues such as him liking Teresa Lisbon and him being from visualize , having money , being charming and yet creepy at the same time... Also one scene where he asks cho "Who do you think is smarter , me or jane?" cho says definitely jane.. Haffner then has the creepiest smile on and walks away as if thinking if hes smarter he would of caught me by now.... 

Anyways thank you guys for reading this long ass post hope this has helped you out i can keep going on and on and on on possibilities outside the list and interviews with heller and etc etc let me know what you guys think in the comments and  Feel free to ask any questions , thank you and bye bye

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I believe Patrick Jane is Red John.

If we put aside the obvious and blatant connection between the names "Jane" and "John" we should consider the conversation between Jane and Tommy in the episode "Red Flame" about "Moby Dick": Tommy states that the whale died at the end. Moby Dick killed Ahab, but survived. That story, like the Mentalist tells of an endless hunt that ultimately destroy's captain Ahab. Keeping PJ's promise that when he finds RJ he will kill him (and thus revealing the anger in him) tells of an upcoming showdown which the "psychic" RJ should be able to prevent just by killing Patrick in the same way narrowed the suspect list despite that "nobody" knew of the said list.

Another evidence of this connection is the fact that Red left agent Lisbon alive when he so easily could've killed the person that matters the most to Jane just as he did in the pilot.


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Nick Nordella plays "young man" in episode 7(great red dragon) and 8(Red John) (imdb casting: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3196216/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3196212/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 )

Here's a clear shot of his face: https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000505333291/e2dd7cd4a86c764cf6895d619e1a6752.jpeg

Now here's a clear shot of xander berkeley(he who plays mcallister): http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120918094811/marvelmovies/images/2/2b/Xander_Berkeley.jpg

The "young man" role is probably a flashback of his visualize experience and first murder!!
They looks almost the same, a young to old comparision.
Look familiar? yeah i thought so too, discuss =D

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Hi everyone.
I re-watched the episode where that crazy Rebbeca  woman kills Bosco's team. When they are taking her away, the man coming towards her poisons her (as we know).
If this man is Red John, then it can only be Brett Partridge. They show him for a second from the back and he is tall and thin and has BROWN, short hair (definitely not white, grey, or bald, but dark brown hair).
Of course it could be someone who just works for Red John. However when this person is coming towards crazy Rebbeca, she has the happiest, most joyful face, like she is seeing God or something. (please watch it if you have time and you will know what I mean). This makes me think that it was RJ personally, who poisoned her. But if it really was him, then it can only be Partridge from the list. He is the only tall(ish), thin person there with brown hair.

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Actually, I posted my theory as a fanofmentalist, but they did not post it. I do not know why? I posted my first theory about walking steps of RJ in #5638. so, at that time, Patrick realised to Bertram's steps sounds. In se6ep3, Patrick told to Sheriff that he comes to Jane silently and Jane did not recognize him. I think Patrick has already known who RJ is and he is gathering some information, that's clues. If you remember when RJ saved Patrick's life, Patrick heard RJ's steps and, once RJ told Patrick a poem "Tyger, Tyger", RJ went away, we could hear it from his steps. But, suddenly, RJ touches Patrick from his left side with his hand and told about Crystine Frye. At that time also Patrick was afraid, because RJ came silently.
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Apparently, we'll know a lot more after 6x04: https://twitter.com/itsameric/status/390680579173548032

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