i have previously blogged 2 other theories regarding red johns identity equating to Gale Bertram HOWEVER;

NOW I AM 100% sure Bertram is Red John if he is ACTUALLY one of the 7 suspects, which i believe to be accurate,


I was watching Strawberries and Cream part 2 for the  umteenth time when i came to a startling realization


Outside of Jane and Lisbon's team in CBI, and ofcourse Gale Bertram

NOONE else could have possibly known about the meeting spot in the mall's food court for Bertram to lead red john into.


O' Laughlin had no knowledge of this location, so Timothy Carter had to have recieved this information from Gale Bertram...Unless of course, there is a leak between either Van Pelt, Rigsby or Cho...which i cant see being plausible.



The only other possible scenario for Red John discovering the location of Jane and Bertram's meeting spot in the food court is this: 

when olauglin was cleared as a possible mole in CBI, Van Pelt informed him that Bertram was the mole and went on to describe in detail the sting INCLUDING the location of Janes meeting spot...This sounds very plausible, however it was never shown/ spoke of in the show AT ALL...wasnt even hinted at!!  I also dont feel that Bruno would expect us to assume Grace would inform Olauglin of this plan of Jane's.   

Bottom Line is that Partridge, Kirkland, Stiles, Mcallister, Smith, and Hafner couldnt have possibly had the knowledge of the food court meeting spot, and that BERTRAM not only had knowledge of this spot, but had PLENTY of time to prepare Timothy Carter for his role as Red John and was also able to dial down the timing of his appearance to the exact minute of when he left the food court... THIS PROVES GALE BERTRAM HAS  TO BE RED JOHN!!!! my only question is why it took me so freaking long to realize this!!!!