Who is Red John?

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List of seven

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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If Red Johns accomplices has three dots on their shoulders, why lorelei does not have three dots on her shoulder.

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It's not him because Bred Styles knows who RJ is. That I'm sure of.
And in Fire and Brimstone Bred Styles 'saves' him from beeing shot by Jane,
because he knows he isn't Red John and doesn't want an innocent one beeing shot.
If he was RJ I think Styles wouldn't try to stop Jane.

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just as reminder.
some of the names are quite interessting.
like:

Gale A moderate current of air; a breeze.
Bertram is a Germanic given name from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven").

BrettBrett derives from a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton", referring to an inhabitant of Brittany. Brett is both a masculine and a feminine given name.

German-English 
Brett (das) n. board, plank, slab, long flat piece of wood 
  Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)  

Part-
v. divide, separate; be divided; apportion, allocate  n. section, piece; region; role, function; side in an agreement  adv. partly, somewhat; partially, in part, not wholly  adj. partly, somewhat

Ridge-
n ridge; tip; furrow; slit v. plow; furrows

Allthough the series is awesome, i think bruno didnt intend it to be solvabel by thinking.

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First. We can't ASSUME just because BERTRUM is listed as appearing in episode 8 that he's Red John. I'm pretty sure through my other series experiences that the "guest" list on IMDB doesn't mean poopoo

Anyway. There are a few things that have come to light that DO INDEED strongly suggest BERTRUM, but I really hope he isn't.

First off. Can we believe ANYTHING that Heller has told us???? If Heller ISNT a liar, then I can't see BERTRUM being Red John.

He said its a WHERES WALDO kind of reveal. How could the head of the CBI be concidered a "Waldo". Really???
He said "People will be disappointed" when they find out who RJ is. I think that takes away even more.

Lastly. With the IMDB thing. Suppose that there's a "twist" killer. Obviously he won't be listed on IMDB, but BERTRUM may be listed because he just isn't dead!!! Maybe he's arrested and the team interrogates him over Tyger Tyger!!

My official percentages.

BERTRUM 36%
Partridge 23%
Smith 14%
McCallister 9%
Stiles 9%
Haffner 8%

Other 1%

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I don't know if this is just me but I hope that Red John is not one of the three,
Think about the Mentalist, the thing that makes it so intensely interesting is the twists in every episode and the way Patrick notices the details that the audience miss until the end. I think that it is to straight forward to be one of the three, I think in-fact that if it does involve any of the three with the tattoos that it is more likely that they are all Red John.

But think about it, why would Red John need a tattoo, the tattoos are so that they are recognized within law enforcement as being a member of Tiger Tiger. The group seems more like a Red John following, so he would not need a tattoo and it is not really his nature to be careless I highly doubt he would not think about the consequences if someone saw his tattoo.


My theory and what I hope will happen is that Red John is either Brett Partridge, or he is someone that we have not seen for a long time or is someone that has a seemingly minor role in the series. After 6 seasons Heller would want the final reveal to shock the audience and make them ask themselves how they overlooked the character/event, much like audiences have done throughout the series.

I think it is more likey that we have seen Red John but only very briefly, I know this is a stab in the dark but even a character like the Bald fatish man that lives in the Trailer at the circus, his name is Pete Barsocky. It would make sense to be someone like him, he has always been there and has had minor appearances.

I don't think anyone can give an accurate prediction of who or what Red John is because I think up until this season even Heller didn't know, which means that clues in previous season may have just been completely random, either that or Heller is a genius.

Sorry this is very long but does anyone else agree?

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