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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Anyone who thinks Redjohn is one of the 5 people left on the list is assuming Patrick Jane, Redjohn and Bruno Heller are all pretty stupid OR they forgot about Rosalynd Harker.

Once the list is revealed, don't you think Redjohn and Patrick are immediately thinking about Rosalynd Harker? She knows who he is. You can't make a conspiracy around this. If Redjohn is on the list, he has to kill the identity by which he normally lives. Why do last season's finale and this premiere opening continue back to back? Everything happens within 1 day, to eradicate Jane taking the suspects to Harker. It ends with Brett Partridge killing himself with help from Haffner. 

A serial killer mastermind on the run is what Jane is tasked with finding since episode 1. It HAS to be Brett Partridge. How do you find a guy on the run? You lure him to you. How you ask? With leverage.

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Theory #8217 • By starlight
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Up until about 30 seconds ago I didn't think that RJ was anyone on the list.......Walter Mashburn was my guess...however....I've just watched a clip that replays the scene out of s6 e2 where Reed, Bertram and McAllister are in Bertram's office and Reed says 'exactly how much does Jane know' to which Bertram replies 'well that is the question isn't it'......Bertram sounds very very similar to Red Johns voice.....have a listen and let me know what you think!!

I don't know what to think now as before this there is no way I'd have thought it was him!

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I've seen more than a few theories that explain RJ acquiring PJ's list by the fact Lorelei is still alive. Can somebody please explain what I am missing? How the heck does Lorelei being alive gain RJ the list?

To me the question of how RJ got the list is a huge mystery that would gain us some serious insight ESPECIALLY if the list is false.

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Theory #8210 • By RedPelt
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Hello,

After to read this web during last 3 days, I will try to put here the best questions which I found, which I believe any theory needs to answer:

1. Question 1: why Lisbon was driving slowly to the PI house?
Which interest can have Lisbon in the dead of this woman. Is she part of Tyger Tyger? Why the Microphone on CHO?

2. Why repeatetdly we have seen Poker Games with Lisbon, Bertram...etc? Which interest or connection has to the show?

3. It is really Lorelei death? if not, can be explain easily the list anticipation by RJ.

4. Why RJ never killed the Blind Woman?

5. Why Patrick Jane approaches CBI to find RJ?

Perhaps more question are important, it is just a feeling to share.

But the Micro on CHO, for me is that for TygerTyger organisation, CHO is a suspect to be RJ.

regards

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Theory #8156 • By joesmith
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Red John recited the whole poem.

"Tyger Tyger" is only for the Reed Smith, Bob Kirkland, Todd Johnson, and some selected bunch of "suspected red john operatives" that are dead to trace

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Theory #8201 • By Red G
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Red John wants Jane to unearth the 'Tiger Tiger' group. Only then will RJ reveal himself to Jane. Red Johns accomplice will be Van Pelt, who will kill Rigsby, Theresa and Cho.
And finally Jane will realise that he is Red John!

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Strange facts :

- Don't you think it's weird that, while Stiles has been missing from Vizualize for some time (before the announcement of the seven-suspects list because it's been since Lorelei death), Grace managed to bug his phone ? She managed to localise him (and bug his phone while he didn't see that) when people like Jason Cooper didn't ?
Does this mean Grace is somewhat connected to Stiles, since the ep in which she helped him an listen to his tips ("exhale the red smoke in you, Grace") ?

- Don't you find the reactions of Lisbon really weird, in 6x05, at [37:49] and [41:08], when Jane understands and discovers something about Red John ?
Plus, isn't it weird that she isn't driving at full speed to come on the crime scene of Red John, while she's always doing her best to protect people (even murderers on the fake list of Jane, cf. 6x04) ?
Plus, isn't it weird that Robin Tunney made the mistake of saying to journalists that, now that she knows what happens in 6x08 where they find Red John : "I was even more surprised that if I would have been Red John !" ?
To me :-  either it's true, then the surprise is explained by the fact Red John isn't on the list (HOW can you be surprised of someone that is on the list and has been a suspect for a long time now ?) but is someone that was well-known in the show, like someone from the team or something like that (how would we suspect someone that appeared such a good person ?).
- or she is Red John herself and tries to lie to people (unlikely, but ...)
Is there any other way to be surprised by someone you searched for such a long time ?

- In 6x05 at [37:20], Jason Cooper : "I don't know what you're talking about. But all I can say is that, if someone bugged you, it wasn't me."
=> What a nice way to not say "It wasn't Vizualize" but "It wasn't ME". The Me doesn't include Stiles at all. What if the blondie spy was engaged by Stiles, recognized him as Vizualize and believed she worked for Vizualize, while actually it was Red John ?
So far, we can be sure that she didn't know of his real identity (Red John) AND that she didn't know his name (wouldn't have pointed something like a tatoo if she could have told who he was).

- Like a few people said : There is no evidence that Red John IS the one that bugged the CBI (except the fact that the killer of the blondie used the knife of Red John). Was he that careless before ?

Let me know of your point of view in your comments, please !

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