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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Theory #7972 • By RIGS
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To all Red-John-is-Bob-Kirkland-believers:
How do you explain the wall-writing "He is mar/He is man" in the season one? According to Bruno Heller, all questions will be answered after the reveal of Red John. So if it´s Bob Kirkland, there has to be a link to him.

Here is my proposal:
The second word is written in big letters, so its more like "He IS Man". Taking into account, that the writer was going to die, he or she might have been chatted, so the second letter looks like e but is an unfinshed o, and the big letter I could be very easily ment as an L. Then we have: "Ho LS Man" - short form for Homeland Security Man, a link to Bob Kirkland. Maybe the writer didnt know the name of his murderer, but he knew what his job was, so he gave that information. Starting to write the whole word Homeland, he realized that he will not have enough time to finish it before he will die, so he stoped the long word after the second letter and changed to the short version HLS, resulting in "Ho LS Man".

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I have a pretty good grasp of clues provided in the show itself, but not a lot of info regarding what BH and/or other people involved with the show have said.

Anyoneone want to run-down the interviews, point me to a collection, or a source?

  

 

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To tell the truth, it's a little bit strange that now when RJ knows that Jane is getting closer to him he goes and commits a murder in such an unorganised way. I guess RJ is smart enough not to demonstrate something that can easily give him away (like this tattoo).I don't quite understand why Patrick decided  that the detective had been killed by RJ ? RJ definitely knew that the detective was being spied on and it was extremely risky for him to murder her on his own.
Another strange thing is that it seemed she knew Red John (considering the way she greeted him). Then why would she describe his tattoo?
As far as I'm concerned, that wasn't RJ's kind of work. Probably I'm missing something that made PJ sure about the murderer.
BTW, after this episode I'm prone to believe that Haffner is not RJ. What he told Lisbon sounded more like he was one of RJ's puppets.

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Something to think about.  PJ never confirmed that RJ was right about the 7 suspects.  The 7 suspects are who RJ assumes PJ would end up with.  PJ has always manipulated the team to do as he wants.  PJ has another list of suspects nobody knows about. 

The only past RJ and PJ have is PJ went on live tv and insulted RJ.  That is why his family was killed.  PJ made it a personal vendetta to get his revenge and RJ has accepted the challenge.  Your typical cat and mouse game. 

Check out my earlier theory and tell me what you think.

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Theory #7969 • By Luigi349
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We'll I think it's Ray Haffner because Brett and Bob is dead so we eliminate them from the list and that would leave 5 suspects left so we can cross out Gale, Tom, and Reede because they are all part of the Tyger Tyger group so that leaves Ray and Bret, why would Bret be RJ, I mean I think he knows who RJ is and is likely takes care of him when his dad died and that's why he knew what happened to Christina, and that leaves us with Haffner.


Also whenever the recording of the stuff about RJ was recorded the fear of heights also sounds like the fear of bugs and did you see Haffner's face whenever he saw that spider.

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Article in Irish Times UK from Lisbon.

Sounds like RJ could be a main character or at least someone very unexpected

http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/tunney-shocked-at-red-john-reveal-29707739.html

The unveiling of the serial killer - the nemesis of mentalist Patrick Jane (played by Simon Baker) - is set to be revealed in the upcoming sixth season of the US show.

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"I was surprised, and had I been Red John, I would have been equally surprised," she said.Robin, who plays Senior Special Agent Teresa Lisbon on the show, admitted she was kept in the dark until the episode.


"I did not know at the beginning of the season. We're a bit ahead of you as far as filming goes, and yes, the audience will find out who Red John is," she continued, adding: "It's been exhausting. That's all I'll say."The 41-year-old laughed off rumours that her character is the cold-blooded murderer."Some days when you're bored and you want to feel badly about the show, you read things about yourself on the internet. It never ends well, like a Shakespearean lesson," she said.



"I was reading on one of the sites that 'Maybe Lisbon is Red John', and someone else said: 'Don't be ridiculous. There's no way that Lisbon is Red John'. And I'm like: 'Wait a minute!' I took umbrage at the idea that it was a sexist thing - a woman can be a serial killer."With the big reveal happening, Robin admitted she has signed up for one more series, saying: "We don't know; there's been a really interesting evolution. Simon and I are both signed up for seven years so we have one more year on our contracts."The sixth series of The Mentalist starts on Channel 5 on October 29

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I think the clues still add up to Brett Partridge.  He or Virgil Minelli were the best choices.  Then, the actor who plays Minelli went and gave a career performance as a villian on "24" and essentially was eliminated as a choice.  I think it will be a solid resolution, but no way is everyone going to be happy.  Partridge is not dead, and he pulled Lisbon down.  The way Jane will figure this out will be great.  Red John also used his abilities to prevent some communication with Jane following the Episode 1 encounter.  He may have been in the scene on Episode 2 dressed in drag.  But Van Pelt is his mole in the CBI.  She and Rigsby in tragic fashion will meet their end.  Either Red John will kill them both, or one will die and the other end up in prison(Rigsby dead/ Van Pelt captured).  Bret Stiles may be Partridge's father.  I can live with any of the reasonable choices as long as it is not Lisbon or Reede Smith.  The best choice not on the list would be Minelli, followed by Mashburn.  Jane will give us many details, but even he will not know all of them and will be shocked by what happens to Rigsby and Van Pelt.  I am also not sure that Jane will catch Partridge yet, only that we and he will discover Red John's true identity.  Either way, Tyger Tyger will go on for the rest of the season.  Congrats to Simon Baker, Heller and the rest of the creative team on a great 6 year ride with this story.  But it is definitely time for a new chapter and a new villian.  Really hope that GVP doesn't actually turn out bad, but it makes far more sense than anything else.

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