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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Tiger tiger is a corrupt group that has been using red john as a scapegoat for their wrongdoings for years . They used partridge as there crime scene man to set the killings up. Rj killed him first! Rj is helping jane take down tiger tiger. Jans is playing by red johns rules !!!! This will then lead jane to rj. Lorelie may be alive . Van pelt and styles have a story to tell along with kristina frye . Minelli is the head of tiger tiger . Classic bad guy. The message board has finally cracked the code . Remember haffner on the phone saying "there ways to make women keep their mouths shut" . Tiger tiger is the opposite of cbi. Fearful symmetry. They do dirty jobs for people and coverup scandals . The bad guys.

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Theory #11252 • By Stoopkid
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I have a question . Remember the guy that was set aflame in cbi ? He had info to tell jane about red john and then the conflagration burst onto the scene. Always wanted to use that word. Anyway, who did that? Did we ever find out ? I have two points and please comment on your views . Did tiger tiger do it? Why on earth would they chose the method of death by combustion in their headquarters? And it seemed the only person eerily questioned was van pelt..why? I feel like i may of missed something.
My other point is it obviously was red john. Usually rj followers take a pill or some
Type of poison results in there demise. How did they make him burst into flames ? Why on earth did they have to do it right then? There has never been a single rj follower that has ever really talked to cops. So my question is why all around ?

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let's discuss things that need to be explained, but have not yet: Lorelei's attempt to kill Rj and how he killed her insteadWhat happened to Kristina Frye and how are RJ-Stiles-Patrick-Frye all interconnectedFootball connection: Van Pelt's dad, haffner, o'loughlin, roll tide, does it mean anything?"He is ma" - Heisman, many, married, marked, Ellis Mars (el es Mars, he is Mar), etc. Brett Partridge - my strongest theory is that he staged EVERY red john murder we have seen during the entire show. He fooled Patrick almost every time. Partridge is a part of Tyger, Tyger. He cleans up their mess. RJ kills him first bc he is insulted by him, bc tyger, tyger has framed him for many murders to try and catch him. Thoughts?Did Minelli start Tyger, Tyger?Have we been seeing two Kirklands or just one? It is clear, despite what Jane says about her being the most honest person he knows, that she is not. She lied for Boscoe when he killed a man, lied for jane about red john being dead, lied for jane when he helped lorelei escape, continues to give all the information Patrick gives her to others, even when she promises not to. Is Lisbon part of Tyger, tyger, working for red john, or in love with Jane?How does Stiles know RJ? Father/son, Mentor/mentee, etc?Why is their a recurring theme amongst so many characters with troubled past? Kirkland, Jane, Lisbon, Haffner, Van Pelt, Lorelei and her sister, Cho? On a show with maybe 20 characters that matter, half of them have childhood issues and almost every single one ended up in law enforcement.Why don't we know anything about Jane's mom?Why have we not heard anything about Lisbon's brother James? How the heck does Sean Barlow know Red John? And my most significant question...is it possible that Red John did not commit ANY of the murders on the show other than Eileen Barlow, Partridge and Sophie Miller? I am starting to believe that tyger, tyger blamed RJ for every murder using Partridge to stage scenes. I think he killed the people in the barn, and Jane's family, then may not have killed anyone else until just recently when it was necessary.

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Theory #11248 • By toppins_a_bag
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When Jane is sitting in the park feeding obvious misinformation to Lisbon, that is when he works out that pigeons are a clue.  He's sitting there thinking about his own happy memory when his mind wonders to Lisbon's happy memory of her mother feeding pigeons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRtjwu2xg1o).  He notices the woman (who looks a lot like Brett Partridge) feeding the pigeons and it dawns on him that the pigeons are a clue!

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As per the advanced review clue that a long gone character would make an appearance, here are some people I would love to see make a comeback because they could provide more insight or because their is more about their story I'd love to learn...

Brenda Shettrick-  the dirty reporter who gave intel to Tommy Volker has some 'splaining to do.  Is she really just going to get away with all of it?

Alex Jane- I just want to hear more about Patrick Jane's past, specifically, whatever became of Patrick's mother?  We've never heard anything about her, not even a mention.

Rosalind Harker- you all know you want to hear from her again, especially those of you who recommend she pat down the suspects in a lineup.

Lorelie Martins- I've always suspected she wasn't really dead.  How the body of the supposed Martins was laid out in a carnival scene just screamed red flags!

J.J. LaRoche- he gathered quite a bit of intel while investigating the burning detainee at the CBI, but we never learned what he discovered.  He just disappeared.

Walter Mashburn- so he can be killed off and people stop saying he's Red John.

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Theory #11246 • By LibbySawyer
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As per the advanced review clue that a long gone character would make an appearance, here are some people I would love to see make a comeback because they could provide more insight or because their is more about their story I'd love to learn...

Brenda Shettrick-  the dirty reporter who gave intel to Tommy Volker has some 'splaining to do.  Is she really just going to get away with all of it?

Alex Jane- I just want to hear more about Patrick Jane's past, specifically, whatever became of Patrick's mother?  We've never heard anything about her, not even a mention.

Rosalind Harker- you all know you want to hear from her again, especially those of you who recommend she pat down the suspects in a lineup.

Lorelie Martins- I've always suspected she wasn't really dead.  How the body of the supposed Martins was laid out in a carnival scene just screamed red flags!

J.J. LaRoche- he gathered quite a bit of intel while investigating the burning detainee at the CBI, but we never learned what he discovered.  He just disappeared.

Walter Mashburn- so he can be killed off and people stop saying he's Red John.

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Theory #11245 • By Theresa90
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My own list of  suspects...;)  

1. Danny Ruskin
2. Patrick Jane
3. Virgil Minelli
4. Wayne Rigsby
5. Kimball Cho
6. Elis Mars


1. Someone unespected, has the same voice as RJ if you compare them, carnival days...i could write till morning why...
2. Multiple personality disorder, making fun of the CBI meanwhille killing the Tigers and using the excuse of them being RJ....
3. Powerful man and could be in touch with the Tygers, Bosco died and he disappeared...etc,etc..
4. Wayne...just because he is so damm naive the whole series, he did nothing wrong one single episode...just standing there and being naive and somehow a perfect man...a man that any woman would fell for..., and we dont know much about his past and we do not know why was he divorced with his 1. wife...
5.Cho...just the opposite of Wayne, misterious, not smiling, just standing there, unsuspicious and at first an unsignifficant character, ....there is always a what if question for this man....
6. Just because he is creepy and because of the He is Mar thing....but i dont know...i doubt..

The famous list of 7 is a fraud..so it leads me to 2 possible conclusions...IF...!
1) RJ is PJ he made the list just to catch the Tygers to kill them in excuse (some of them)  being RJ, or RJ disciples....but the real deal why he gathered them was to kill his copycats, 
2) If RJ IS NOT PJ....I  REPEAT...IS NOT PJ!!!
He has to be someone outside the list of 7...definitely!.

STILL THERE IS A BIG QUESTION ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED! Who implanted the bomb there, I think PJ would not be so crazy (IF NOT RJ) to plant a bomb and kill half of the people from the list..including putting the life of his boss, and even LIsbons life at danger because when the bomb went off if she was a little faster she would get in the house and maybe die in the explosion...on the other hand, if it is RJ that planted the bomb....HELLO, now he is blowing up things now including himself ( IF THE LIST IS REAL) ?? Thats lame to me..;) SO AS FOR ME RJ IS SOMEONE NOT FROM THE LIST....

Anyway, I AM NOT SAYING THAT PJ is RJ....but remember, he can manipulate things out just the way he wants, so it will be likely that he manipulated us at one point, just so we can see RJ the way he wants us to see him....at the end i think we will all be manipulated and scratching our heads saying...i  fell for it....just like Lisbon did, Luther did, Laroche did, Rigsby did....and others...



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