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The Mentalist 6x05 Promo "The Red Tattoo"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyTiRnroxzM

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Well, i have finished watching the last episode, se6ep4, then decided to share my thoughts with you.
So, let's start. 
Brett Patridge is dead, and so Bob does, he is also dead. Now, there are 5 suspects in the list: Bertram, Stiles, Sheriff, Ray Haffner and agent Smith.
I do not want to find RJ according to Harker's or Miller's words, because Patrick knows how RJ is foxy guy, that's why Patrick tries to find with his own clues. 
Now, "Tyger, Tyger" poem. Agent Smith knows what's that poem indicates, it means, Tyger Tyger organization could belong to RJ and agent Smith is a member of this organization. If it is so, then RJ could not be Bertram and Sheriff. Why? Because, when Bertram, Smith and Sheriff was talking in Bertram's office, after Patrick left the room, smith asked how much Jane knows about RJ and told to Bertram that to know how Jane is close is Bertram's duty. It means that, Bertram is also not Rj. In that case, Sheriff also did not say anything, if Sheriff is RJ, he could order to Bertram to know more, but he did not, so he is also not RJ.
Now, Patrick thinks that, RJ has a person in CBI and FBI, and I wanna tell to people who think that CBI RON is RJ are wrong, cos, RJ does not work like that. He has Bertram in CBI and no need to work in CBI for RJ, i think Bruno and his team are again misleading us. And this is also for Ray Haffner. If Bertram is an accomplice or helper of RJ, how Ray (if you think he is RJ) could work under bertram's guidance in CBI? maybe they are playing a role, you think, but I do not think RJ does such funny things....
So, now only Brett Stiles left. But, I do not say anything about him, i mean I do not say he is RJ. 
IMHO, as I told before in #5638 and #6280, Patrick has already known the RJ... 
I would like to say Bruno thanks for his high-level mind game....
any comments or mistake?

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RJ is not a single person. Its a small group of FBI and

HS agents who are covering up a much larger than ever

suspected conspiracy.

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I didn't look through the whole list to see if this has been put forth yet, but could Red John be a cabal of several of the remaining suspects? After this latest episode, I am very confused about the clique in law enforcement and whether they are complicit with Red John or combatting Red John. 

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Some thoughts about our investigation.I think this is our last chance to post something about Kirkland, as some hours later it could be not actual any more.
So, if the list is true and RJ is one person, how the hell is Heller going to surprise us? We discussed almost all the possibilities. I think there may be a solution: RJ is someone on the list and at the same time someone not on the list. How could it be? Remember "do you recognize me" question by Kirkland. He may be just a new personality for someone who we think is dead or lost.
Actually I don't believe this could be true, so my next statement is about the whole list itself. We know that Stiles knows RJ. We know that Haffner is probably working for Stiles and interested in RJ case, so may be Haffner knows RJ as well. We may consider that Kirkland knows RJ (again, remember the scene with Lennon, though the coming episode is tending to tell us the vice-verse is true). We know that Partridge knew RJ (Tyger... like Todd). So, 4 of 7. The remaining three met at Bertram's office and obviously have some secrets. May we conclude, that all listed people know RJ?
One more notation from "Red Moon". Todd Johnson - the only person, who is considered to be RJ's friend and who was ready to reveal something about RJ. He was also talking about some bigger plans, Jane couldn't see the whole picture and so on. Are we sure he was with RJ? Actually he never said that. He just said "Tyger...", like Partridge. May be he was just a victim. "Red Moon" was Heller's episode, so I guess Todd's story is not over.
One more detail. About McAllister. He wears uniform with four stars on each side. What does it mean? We were shown a lot of sheriffs throughout the series and as I noticed none of them is wearing this kind of starful uniform.
And the last. Are we going to develop Smith's character somehow? I don't think his presence in the list was just a miscalculation by scriptwriters. There must be something relevant and not only his name. I'm going to rewatch S5E1.
Thanks for attention and your help in our co-investigation.

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Patrick Jane in Red Moon:  "If you truly want revenge, you have to be hard. You have to be dishonest
and devious and cold. You can't let people see what's in your heart."

Patrick has been pretty clear all along that he's using the CBI.  (He might, at times, also be helping them, but that's not his primary reason for associating with them.)  So, why exactly should we believe he would tell Lisbon who his final few suspects were?  Lisbon has made no secret of the fact that she doesn't want Jane to kill Red John, and the CBI team seems to leak information like a sieve.

Patrick Jane is the exact opposite of an idiot.  So why on Earth would he tell his top-secret list of men suspected to include to the one he wants to kill, to the woman whose team can't keep a secret and who intends to stop him from killing the man?  The only possible reason is that he wants the list leaked "against his will" (to lend credibility to it), and he knows the man he wants to kill isn't on it...

At this point, I'm really starting to believe that being named on Jane's list of Red John Suspects is practically proof that you aren't Red John...  ;)

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I look on this site every week before or after the episode. Lately I've found, we are going nowhere. Every deductive theory deduces different people. Every other theory fails to fit into a bigger picture. Please, everyone who wants to help me find out who redjohn actually is, using clues from the show, or if necessary outside, please actively comment and discuss and grow ideas. I'm convinced the information is there. 

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