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 #953 • By timothy115
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Everyone thinks that o'Laughlin was killed by Van Pelt at the end of season 3. But then he reappears in season 4 episode as van pelt reflects on him. Ask yourself, why would Bruno Heller do this? What is the purpose? The only explanation I can think of is that o'Laughlin is STILL ALIVE. I think it will be a shocker when Bruno Heller eventually reveals that it was actually o'Laughlins twin brother who was killed in season 3. I think we will be seeing more reflections and flashbacks of o'Laughlin as Heller builds up the ultimate climax of the series when he is revealed as red john.

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Theory #952 • By LilyLu123
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This isn't really an outright accusation, but has someone thought on the basis that Red John, is a woman, one who we have met only once before, just on a simple, usual case. One who Jane has met only once before.

One person so smart that she managed to fool everyone into thinking that they were a male? It would be the perfect disguise.

For all of the tape recordings, Red John could use an accomplice's voice, or if he's as talented as Jane(which he clearly is)could hypnotise people into recording them for him.

When Red John was accused of rape-ing Lorelei's Sister, do you think that he/she would have been smart enough to not actually rape her? I mean, they could do a DNA analysis on the sperm and find out his identity!

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It could be a man, posing as a woman posing as a man...

Honestly, I have no idea. But y'know, everything is possible...Right?

AND doesn't Red Johns symbol seem very similar to the Death Eater's symbol in Harry Potter?

Physically, they look different, but both are described similarly:

Death Eater Symbol: "Just picture coming home and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you’re about to find inside."

Red John's mark is described as very similar(except for the fact that it doesn't hover... "You see the mark first, and then you know what's happened."

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

So, overall:

. Red John could be anyone
. We have no more of an idea of who he is than the CBI do(unless it's one of them O.o)
. Red John likes Harry Potter? 
. Nobody has any idea who Red John is. In fact the only thing we have is "You've shaken hands with him before"

Aha! Now, who else is going to go back, watch all the episodes from Season 1 and list all of the people Jane has shaken hands with ever.

Just me then ... Ah well. 

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Theory #950 • By mochajaded
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I think Red John is someone we haven't met yet in the show. Someone Jane has met but we haven't seen it. Someone that is a part of a group of people that are in the show. I think that Partridge is too obvious to be Red John. I think he is connected though. Someone that Jane has forgotten about... Just remember we really haven't seen all of Jane's handshakes and I really doubt he remembers all of them. 

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Dean Harken looks interesting as Red John. A meticulous and highly intelligent man with a god complex and a job that puts him in a great "push-button place" of power with incredibly deadly pathogens under his control. He appears in the episode Code Red. the name Dean means "law" among other things. Harken means "listen", and the surname is of Irish origin. Dean Harken has red hair and is most obviously irish. Roy is another name used by Red John and is also of Irish origin. He Is just under 6'0''. Moreover, Dean Harken is on Jane's list of suspects and if you watch closely his eyes seem to focus on the name before he gives a contemplative expression in the episode "Red Cherry". Any takers...?

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I think you guys are right or close. If you look at the episode where Jane goes to talk to the widow of the man he killed because he thought it was RJ. The widow looks just like her but different color of hair. They could be twins. They are probably sisters and that is why her husband knew all that information about Jane’s family and how they died.

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The fact of the matter is, it does not matter who you pick. I doubt the person they pick, you will be like "oh yes now I see, that makes sense". As I watched the episode where Jane shoots RJ and it turned out not to be RJ the next episode I realized then that the writers can do whatever they want, it is up to them. They could say your mom is RJ. It won't be like they will show you clues that was in previous episodes. If the did then it would be Rigsby. In the episode where Jane shoots RJ. They were going to do away with RJ but for some reason they changed their mind and pulled a rabbit out of their hat and said oh that was not RJ. How would RJ know to send someone else to the mall and have him claim to be RJ and know what his daughter hair smells like. That was supposed to be the real RJ but they backed out for some reason. Like I said the writers could say RJ is the tooth fairy and that is why he draws a smiley face. Don't look into it deep because its not that complex. If you look at old episodes Rigsby was never around when RJ was up to no good. So that is why I thought it was him but it will probably be your mom or mine, not sure.

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It's definitely Kirkland. They shook hands, and he creepily said that he knew Patrick even though Patrick didn't know him. Plus, he just gives off a creepy vibe. Every time he says anything it's got creepy connotations. If it's not him, though, I think it might be Brett Partridge because his voice is identical to Red John's. Only problem is, they haven't actually shaken hands. Maybe it was just a metaphor for them meeting, but I feel like it would probably be literally shaking hands.

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