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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Hey All! 
This is not actually a theory but I will try to prove that the actual Red John has the 3 dots. That's why I'm gonna stick with my choice about Red John being McAlister (even thought I'm not sure about Patridge's death).
OK here is how i think things went. Red John bugged CBI offices a sloppy move that doesn't fit him at all and he did because he is freaked out. But, he didn't do it so he can hear what they say in CBI he doesn't need a bug for that because he has inside people, I think he did it so he can lead Patrick to Kira Tinsley. Red John didn't completely killed her and she let her see the 3 dots on the shoulder so she can tell to Jane while dies. Now he is one step ahead. He knows that Patrick will gather all 5 suspects to one place and make them reveal their shoulders and he can now plant the bomb to kill him (spoiler: we know from articles that Red John planted the bomb).

Patrick let their suspects know the location of the meeting just some hours before so Red John doesnt have a lot of time and he either knows the location because he is one of the remaining (McAlister)/// or Bertram informs him about it with his mysterious call and he is Partridge.
So Red John maybe not even be in the house or he knows how to survive the blast.

OK to sum up, Red John has gone desperate he could think about a better way to gather all suspects and patrick together but he makes a sloppy move to bug CBI so he can giveaway a clue to Patrick. But be aware that he doesn't give him a major clue that would really reveal him if his plan wasn't successful, he gives him a clue that gives away part of him because many people have the tattoo, that way he reduces the suspects but doesn't reveal himself.
PS1: Sorry for my bad English.

PS2: Check my video about Red John. (not sure if Partridge is dead :P)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohIxFnOnRCk&google_comment_id=z13sybuoil3mxjdzw04ch1ka1o3xj5sqkyc0k&google_view_type#gpluscomments

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Theory #11091 • By Sheldorian
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Just a thought.  In episode 2 when the three suspects are meeting in Bertram's office, Reede asks what mistake RJ made.  Jane then says the following:

"I would tell you but I always thought this room might be bugged... wired!"

3 episodes later, someone tries to bug Cho's desk. My theory is this: Jane hypnotized either RJ or one of his co-conspirators to have someone bug the CBI.  It would explain why someone would out of the blue hire a PI to do such a lame thing.  They didn't choose to make a mistake, they were hypnotically suggested to do so.

This is one aspect of the plot that I had major issues with this year!  If it wasn't Jane's doing, I hope there's a damn good explanation as to why RJ would hire a PI to bug the CBI.

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Do you know what's really unfortunate? Not to sound depressing, but isn't it a shame that the suspects we have are ALL portrayed by really great actors and (especially a few standouts being McAllister [Xander Berkeley], Haffner [Reed Diamond], Partridge [Jack Plotnick], and Kirkland [Michael Corrigan]) that in 2 weeks, he'll be gone? Lately this site has a lot of posts of certain actors and (ex. Xander in Nikita and Plotnick in Criminal Minds) how they would be amazing antagonists and thus amazing Red John's with their eerie, intimidating and spot-on portrayals of killers and anti-heroes. But, we never really got to see our Red John as Red John, and we won't after E08. Additionally, throughout the series, all of our potential RJ's have had little screen time, and we haven't seen him in his true character. So the reveal (hopefully) will give us only a few minutes of actual RJ time (unless there's lots of flashbacks) and then our actors won't be able to show off their RJ-ness (I really don't know how else to express this). 

I'm not trying to put a damper on the show AT ALL, because I know that we will move on to another story arc and I'm so thankful for the mystery and intrigue in this show thus far, but this is just off-putting to me. 

I mean, Red John has been a complete mystery for FIVE ENTIRE SEASONS. That's almost UNHEARD of for a TV show that has this big of a following; that the underlining plot is still just as entertaining and mysterious this entire time. I'm just amazed at this. Not going to lie, I am so attached to this show and it's going to be really depressing to know that our antagonist of 5 years will be gone just like that. 

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-  Why did Teresa Lisbon said on S 06 E 01 "Desert Rose"  :
"We could at least keep Bertram and the other seven suspects under   surveillance" ?
- Did Bruno Heller (who wrote the episode) and the whole "Mentalist" crew including actors screwed it all up in a collective amnesia attack ?
- Maybe Lisbon's subconscious was talking out loud ?
- Maybe Jane's subconscious was on the same level so he didn't need to correct her ... or his "mental palace" was really shutdown ?. Don't think so.
- I'd assume there's another suspect being hidden. A real twist & turn (as Ken Woodruff has just said on an interview : " ... just given the nature of our show and how we twist things around, and
Red John as a character, how sort of capable and deceitful he's been
able to be all these years. Don't forget, Jane's been in the place where
he's been 100 percent positive of Red John before and he was wrong. So I
wouldn't underestimate Red John ... )
- Then if there's a real hidden suspect, my choice has to be Walter Mashburn (cause the other seven are as Gary Clarke had said before "boring uninspiring farts")
- This would mean that both slept and had sex with monsters. Something
that will affect deeply whatever relation they have after Red John is
revealed (platonic love, 'siblings love' or simply love). So there's one reason there's a 2 years jump ( if its 2 years ... it's difficult to believe what the producers and writers are saying)





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hi guys!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Vei8Vpi64

What do you think of this? Why'd Bruno Heller include this?

And also, I think the  cryptic clue in episode 1 of season 6 was the "666" on the wall. This number is the number of the beast, which is also a painting by William Blake.


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Theory #11087 • By XenotimKJ
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Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!

6x08 

Only two Red John suspects remain.

Gale Bertram and Reede Smith.

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Here's one of my theories on Red John's voice and which might explain a few other things as well.

There are three things that have not been explained yet:
1) Why does Red John's voice sound the way it does, when the only two characters from the list with a similar sounding voice have been killed
2) How was Red John talking on his phone at the same time he was talking to Patrick in S6E1 (he can't have been using bluetooth or anything because he was using Teresa's phone, but could have had it propped up against his head with his shoulder)?
3) What's so important about Bob Kirkland's brother?

My idea is that Red John has an accomplice, one that he uses to speak to Jane for him. This would be someone he met long ago, like Bob Kirkland's brother. If we assume that Bob has close to the same voice as his brother, then this is a possibility. This would explain how Red John was talking to Jane while using both hands to draw on Teresa, since he wasn't actually the one talking. Bob Kirkland's brother must be important somewhere. Red John also made Lorelei Martins read the message to Jane instead of reading it himself. BH mentioned how there was an important clue in the first episode of the season that he was sure we wouldn't get until the reveal. I think the pigeons, 666, etc were all meant to distract us. Maybe this was the clue? Also, Red John did talk directly to Jane during the fake red john-wannabe episode finale (season 2?). Maybe Red John sent in Bob's brother for this. It didn't seem like Red John to be carrying a gun around and shooting people.

Leave a comment to disprove my theory, it's more useful than just an 'unlikely' :)

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