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 defiantly say it is Brett; just think about it for a moment. He is about the only guy that appeared in this show where Patrick Jane humiliates (yes I know Jane humiliates everyone, but this guy was the only one who gets bullied by Jane who works in the police). Also, he is about the only one that everyone agreed is stupid, Jane makes fun of everyone, but Teresa, Wayne and Kimball all looked at each other in a smirking kind of way (they show us he is an idiot without saying). And in any criminal cases the killer has to have a motive and what better motive than revenge on everyone because they made fun of him (don't tell me you don't know that about Brett, because with that kind of personality everyone will make fun of you). In addition he was probably the only guy Patrick hated and showed his hater for. Also, he is just too stupid! I can't imagine a guy like him being a head of analyzing methods of killing with being this of a fool, which only suggests that he is smarter than he looks -don't forget don't judge a book by its cover. Lastly, he fits in all the clues in the list. One final word, being a fool makes anyone dismiss him from killing anyone without even looking deep into it, and remember Jane didn't even try to analyze him, he just made of him and went. And you never know :p

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Danny Ruskin - Agreeing with all points made by a previous comment maker with regards to this suspect, but would like to add one point...

I have always been convinced that 'he is mar' literally meant just that - (Synonyms: blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, blemish, mark, pockmark, scar).  In one scene where he appears his eye is watering even Jane remarks upon this.

This episode just jumped out at me, the only thing that has held me back is how does he have connections within fbi and cbi? He kind of fits the bill for all other clues

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Red John is Alex Jane,Patrick Jane's Father.

Red John is most likely a man
He is a white person as described by Haley
Red John has an average height: Rosalind described him as "just under 6 feet tall"
Red John has short straight hair (as described by Rosalind Harker)
Red John either has or puts on an odd, high pitched and soft voiceRed John should be older than 30 years (since his murders date back to the 90's)

Alex Jane is a man,white,can be under 6 feet tall and has odd voice.
Patrick Jane left him to start a new life with his wife. Why dont he kill Patrick when he taunted him on TV? The reason is because he is Patrick's father and he loves him. Like Bret Stiles say, Red John has a form of love with Patrick Jane. His dad must love him so much because Patrick is the only thing he has in his life. James Panzer, who is also known as San Joaquin Killer, get killed because he talk bad things about Red John. Why did he kill James Panzer and why he did not kill Patrick Jane? Why he kill Patrick Janes family instead? It is because Red John has some kind of obsession with Jane. He wants to keep Jane alive to play mind games with him.

The poem that Red John told Jane is The Tyger by William Blake from the Song of Experience. William Blake also wrote The Lamb from The Song of Innocence. What he is trying to say is that Patrick Jane is the lamb and he is the tiger. Alex Jane is the experience and Patrick Jane is the innocent.Red John is shown to be more smarter than Patrick Jane. Alex Jane teaches Patrick to be smart as he is now. He knows Patrick Jane more than anyone else. That is the reason why Red John is always one step ahead of Patrick Jane.

Sorry for my bad English,English is not my First Language.

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Red John is a man and he is left handed I have checked with every male on the list could not find any male who was right handed but my theory of him being left handed is from a scene heres the screen cap

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Jane doesnt ever hold his tea with his left hand. Holdin tea with your left thats a typical sign of being left handed.

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You are all convinced that He is ma was meant to be He is Mashburn.
But not single one of you did notice that RJ smiley is not the first thing you see when you walk in the bathroom of that motel room. Smiley is on the left wall and you block that wall when you open the door, thus seeing Jared and the hooker first. Like when they find that girl with her toenails painted with her blood, and only then do they see the smiley in the sky.

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I am currently still catching up with the Mentalist and I'm watching season 5 episode 2 next. I agree with those who say Red John may have been written as one person in season 1 but that his story was changed as popularity grew.  This makes for a lot of loose ends on the show but I'm going to take another stab at this.

My main suspect at this stage is Bret Stiles.  He seems like a major person of interest as he is in the show time and again.  On the other hand I feel like he is too obvious.  The writers would like to shock the viewers eventually so why use Bret.  I can't decide whether to accuse him of being Red John. In one episode his tea cup is seen on his left, meaning he may drink tea like RJ, left handed. He is powerful, influencial, rich, and has a string of disciples who will do anything for him.  Thus he fits the bill.  PJ called him Red John and he says he knows RJ better than PJ knows RJ.

I want to look at some other things that are suspicious in my next post.

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My Suspects

Virgil Minelli
Brett Patridge
Walter Mashburn
Osvaldo Ardiles
Brett Stilles
CBI Ron
Bob Kirkland

the suspects are not in order of suspicious and as can you see its a bit different as patrick list i added 2 names and remove 3 or 4 i dont remember well

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