Now up to this point i could never make an educated guess on who is Red John without sufficient evidence and since November 24th 2013 will in fact reveal the identity of the man we spent 5 years waiting to meet, i think now is a good a time as any. Now we all watched the explosion and how Stiles, Haffner and McAllister are all 3 supposedly "Dead" , although there was no real physical evidence aside from that one foot found in the wreckage which could simply mean 1 or 2 of the three survived and the other was disembodied probably by a bomb placed on them by My main suspect. In this case , Bret Stiles was the walking bomb as McAllister and Haffner were sitting directly next to him on both sides during Jane's interrogation. He smelled of pine, nails and earth as described in Season 1 finale, this could easily be the smell of a Cop whom patrols near alot of woods and acres of lands as seen in his first appearence in season 1. He also fits the age profile of a man whom murdered 30 years ago, seems to get angry around Jane when Jane makes his quirky statements which is one of the few things that got Jane's wife and child killed. Also , he could move about the streets and buildings without being recognized because he isn't a well known person outside of his jurisdiction. And who would ever suspect a mass murdering serial killer is a sheriff of a backwater town? Now i think 30 years ago something must of happened with Bertrum that resulted in a death, Red John must of found out or was the first reporting officer (could be possible) and realized a potential follower and thus Red John takes credit for a murder bertrum committed. We can see that the heads of CBI were taking off little by little to make way for Gale Bertrum to assume command the second Jane started getting too close. Now if Bertrum was R.J why would he purposely make Jane's job alot easier by hiding in plain sight knowing even one small move could make Jane suspicious? I think Bertrum was put in his position to be a decoy and was told to split the second Jane figured it out (hence the get out of town stock he had in storage unit). So in summary, My guess is Sheriff Thomas McAllister is THE RED JOHN, all the clues fit, he's in law enforcement, he
s about 6ft, he has means, motive, access and above all We DON'T know where he currently is (same for either haffner or stiles). Let me know what you think

First off, I really don't think it can be as straight forward as being Bertram. 

The show has always been based on unexpected twists and Jane's genius in reading people and working them out. 

So far, the 7 suspects have been whittled down by more traditional "evidence" which is what the rest of the CBI
team usually operate on. 

Kirkland and Partridge removed themselves from the list. 

And then we went from 5 to 3 with Jane finding out about the tattoo. This was more about lucky timing than brilliance.

And then Smith turned himself in to supposedly reveal Bertram as Red John.

So there must be another twist in store. 

Since we've been told we can "trust the list", it still leaves Stiles, Haffner, and McAllister.

Yes, these three have already been pronounced dead, but it's not as concrete as Partirdge's death. 

I believe Red John does have the three dots on his arm, because PJ has said in the past he intuitively knows if it's 
Red John that made the kill.

So if the private investigator that told PJ on her death bed about the tattoo's wasn't killed by Red John, PJ would
have suspected something was out. 

I believe that when McAllister revealed his tattoo, and then said to PJ, "it's not what you think, I'm not Red John", 
that was the moment PJ worked it out. As a master mentalist, he caught RJ in a moment of weakness, and 
knew he was lying. 

Now, when Bertram went to kill PJ in the hospital I believe he was under instructions from either RJ or Tyger Tyger
to kill him. 

Possibly RJ is high up or even the leader of Tyger Tyger. 

When he failed, he knew he could be the main RJ suspect, so he began running. 

The reason PJ put out the media report that Bertram was RJ was the ace up his sleeve. 

He knew RJ could not live with the knowledge that PJ thought he'd caught him. His ego would be too big for this
to happen, so he knew that RJ would reveal himself to let PJ know he'd been defeated. 

That's what he meant when he said he was "letting go".

So those are the reasons I think it's McAllister. The other reason is when RJ is showed on the preview for the next episode
it looks like either Bertram or McAllister. It doesn't look like anyone else. 

And because I don't believe it is Bertram , it must be McAllister. Jane would have never put out the media release because he wants his revenge, he doesn't want RJ locked up) 

And just a few final points. 

Out of the 7 suspects, 6 of them have shown flashes of their dark sides. The real RJ would likely have a very convincing
"act" so nobody could detect his true nature. McAllister has never seemed over intelligent or egotistical. He also seems fairly friendly and a fairly capable Sherif. This is the perfect cover so people would never even think that he could be a serial killer. 

Also, some people have mentioned that he would not be handsome or charismatic enough to seduce a beautiful women like Lorelie. 

When he's acting as his true self though, he's a highly intelligent, powerful figure. One who can lead men and manipulate people at will. 

This type of power would be extremely attractive to women, especially ones like Lorelie who are a little lost. So I don't believe his lack of traditional good looks would account for him being unable to woo her. 

Remember that we haven't seen him acting as his true self as yet! 

So that's my theory. Love to hear your thoughts. Also, apologies if some of these points have already been mentioned!

To be honest I was perfectly happy for the sheriff to be RJ until I saw the promo. Why did they have to ruin it for us? We are not supposed to know he is alive! If he just popped up in the next episode without us knowing, I would have been happy with it.

Now I don't want McAllister to be RJ, I would be much happier if it's Stiles or Haffner, at least we didn't see them in the promo. Ridiculous.

First I want to say something completely irrelevant to my theory, I had a dream where it was in fact CBI Ron who is Red John. I think I've been watching the mentalist too much lately and I do think about who could possibly be Red John every single day since the end of season 5..


I'm going go through some of the major points why I believe Thomas McAllister is Red John, Some of the points I make are not originally mine.

The scene with Van Pelt in the forest and McAllister acting like a serial killer with his next victim is one of the very first clues that point to him being Red John

The handshake clue given to us by Lorelei Martins was referencing the rock paper scissors game between Patrick and McAllister. If Red John told Lorelei that he shook hands with Jane it's unlikely he would've went into details saying it was a metaphor for the game they played.

He's been with us from the beginning, originally my red John suspects where pretty much Partridge, Minelli, Wagner and McAllister in no particular order at that point. Throughout the first season there where numerous references to sheriffs and marshals which all could be clues pointing to McAllister.

Being the Sheriff of Napa County coupled with the fact of being part of the Blake Association would give him the mobility to be Red John.

The 10 years of no murder could have been while McAllister was working his way up in law enforcement in Napa County and possibly working his way up in the Blake Association.

There have been multiple references of wine throughout the show which could be cluse pointing us towards Napa Valley

The age thing has always bothered me from the start, McAllister being younger than the actor who portrays him. 

Red John has a fear of Pigeons, Lisbon opening the door in the house where Partridge was killed allowed them to escape thus interrupting Red John before he could finish the job. Later it was shown that McAllister could have a fear of Pigeons.

He is Mar, the M is for McAllister, the a could be a smudged/blood drip forming a dying man's C, and the r could be the start of an a. The one flaw here is why right he is? Seems like a waste if your dying I know. Can't explain that. 

Red John may be ambidextrous and it is possible to deduce that McAllister is also ambidextrous with his hand placements, the way he holds things/walks etc.

He fits the Red John description,of short straight hair and his height fits.

I believe McAllister is the only one to have actually saved Patrick's life. The fear of heights was a red herring earlier on in that episode which we ruled out when Patrick was saved on the rooftop causing us to not read too much into the fear of pigeons explanation. Also McAllister is one of the few suspects to get along with Patrick.

McAllister was first presented as a dumb, small town sheriff but is later shown to be able to match wits with Patrick when they solve a murder case together. There is also a strong playful chemistry between both Patrick and McAllister.

The bomb in the hat theory works for the explosion, McAllister was standing far enough to not have been killed in the explosion, and DNA was placed with the bomb to fake his death. 

And my final point is that Red John likes the use of first names which is what friends do which is why McAllister asks Patrick to call him Tom.


Mostly circumstantial evidence, but that is mainly what we've been given about Red John. 

Keep in mind ... What constitutes a twist to the 9 or 10 million people who watch the show casually every week is different than a twist for the 3 or 4 hundred obsessives who populate this site ( me included ) ...

Stuntman Chris Nielsen declared on Twitter that double Berkeley in the finale episode ''Red John''
I am not dissaponted at all! Xander was the best actor to make Red John between all the 7.He has so much experience for bad guys and he was my first pick from the start.
https://mobile.twitter.com/chrisnielsen/status/388894514057723905

Stuntman Chris Nielsen declared on Twitter that double Berkeley in the finale episode ''Red John''
I am not dissaponted at all! Xander was the best actor to make Red John between all the 7.He has so much experience for bad guys and he was my first pick from the start
https://mobile.twitter.com/chrisnielsen/status/38889451405772390