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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Ok not being a know it all just throwing this out there remember when heller said we will get a clue at the end of 6 01 I believe it was tyger tyger jane has heard this many of times I believe rj wants jane to know about the tyger tyger club why they chose that maybe to not lead jane to the organization and to make him think its rj if you notice o laughlin did not say tyger tyger nor did timothy carter it certain people in my eyes red john in his own way tells you why your dying like on season one dumar just told jane the story of his father and rj, lorelie also told a story so did the lady that killed bosco and the team I believe the people that were in on the tyger tyger organization say it why would ur lasts words if you know rj be tyger tyger one last thing reed smith would have said this is from rj or we have or killed your brother to kirkland nothing of rj was mentioned that is what makes me believe rj has no affiliation with tyger tyger.

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I already said how I think it's Haffner for so many reasons and for his feelings towards Lisbon leading to not killing her.
What I want to say to you most is, BOB KIRKLAND and PARTRIDGE are DEAD. Stop making theories about them.
Another thing is, now I'm getting carried off by this Michael Kirkland :P As someone said there is no way we've seen him on the screen, but maybe we did ? IT'S a TWIN, maybe we were sometimes looking at Michael thinking it was Bob ? Maybe in the hospital scene it was Michael, maybe he just uses his brothers position to ge into places like the closed wing of the hospital ? 
Haffner VS Michael:
Haffner just doesn't have the thing, the looks. Kirkland twins (supposing they look the same) have it. They look scary, freaky face, very suitable for serial murderer.
I can imagine now in the last episode the flashbacks from all the scenes where we looked at Bob but it was actually Michael (RJ), where Michael dissappears and Bob shows up.

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Bob/Michael Kirkland ?

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Which theory will tell me who Redjohn is... I don't care how many greens/reds it has. I'll know the right theory when I see it. Just like with the happy memory being from the mental institution.

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I think there is one massive question that most of these theories do not address and that is how RJ knew PJ's list of 7 suspects. According to PJ he did not share this list with anyone prior to the RJ video. I believe this is very important to finding out who RJ is. 

These are the only answers I can think of. If you can think of any other options please comment.

1) PJ fed RJ another fake list somehow. In this case RJ must still be on the list to believe that PJ is close and therefore it follows that Jane actually has a much narrower list than the 7 suspects. Jane possibly already knows who RJ is or he has only a couple of real suspects. This would explain Bruno telling us we can 'trust the list' and that RJ is definitely on it, but also explain how RJ got the list and his big mistake.

2) RJ guessed PJ's list because the 7 suspects were obvious to him. Remember all he knew was that Patrick shook hands with everyone on his list. So RJ must have worked out the suspect's names because he knew that they would come under suspicion. Why? The only answer that jumps into my head is the connection with Tiger Tiger. The 7 suspects are members of Tiger Tiger (one of these being RJ.) They would have come under suspicion as they are involved (whether knowingly or not) in covering up RJ crimes, and these are the members of Tiger Tiger who have shaken hands with Patrick.

The next question is about Kirkland. From episode 4 we are told that Kirkland is not a member of Tiger, Tiger and this does not fit with the above. However they have given themselves the escape option of a twin brother who could have caused Patrick to suspect Kirkland as he is involved with RJ crimes and cover ups. Alternatively it could mean that Kirkland (Bob or Michael) is RJ.

I was previously set on Partridge for RJ and I would still prefer it to be him. However because of the questions over Kirkland and his brother I now have 2 suspects - Kirkland and Partridge. It is also convenient that they are both 'dead.'

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Theory #7179 • By AKK
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My guess is.. Red John is "Robert Picardo".. he fits the profile... he is smart..and even when Bret Stiles was about to loose control of his Cult, it was Jason Cooper who was elected as its head. Even when Bret regained control, Jason was made to stay.. he fits all the criteria.. not much is known about him, he still is in close proximity to Bret even after an unsuccessful coup.

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Like some of the theories on here say, I really want RJ and the "Tyger, Tyger" group to be two separate things. Also, I want RJ to be against the "Tyger, Tyger". This would explain the death of Partridge, is RJ slowly taking out the members of the group? Lets hope so. For some reason I want RJ to be a kind of a sympathetic villain, I want him to help PJ take the "Tyger, Tyger" group down. As for who RJ is, Haffner seems the obvious choice, firstly he fits all the physical description, then there is his relationship with Lisbon. Finally, what interests me is that he doesn't work for the law enforcement anymore, instead he works privately, is this a clue? ("Tyger, Tyger" has memebers of the law enforcement). 

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