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

I think it’s the forensic guy. He’s small. The person who shot the film makers was small (a woman or a small man). The two people who worked with Red John and later killed where in law enforcement (the deputy sheriff and the secretary). Remember when the secretary was killed Red John cut her with a poison. Someone no one would notice. Red John walk right past the guards and got to the secretary. Someone who could get strange poisons. Someone who knew how to shoot a gun.

I think it had to be the waiter, the voices are similar but so was the detective-after watching it twice already! Can you imagine if it were someone on the cbi squad though? I hope this wasnt one of the many tv series that were cancelled this year!

‘Roll Tide,’ the phrase that Kristina used when talking to the waiter in the first of the episode, was the last thing Red John said to Jane. Notice Red John also used present tense when speaking about Kristina. “She’s so fond of you” or something to that effect. RJ’s voice sounded female initially. Plus, when you go back to her previous appearance on the show, she knew entirely too much about Jane’s wife and daugther’s murders.

I think Kristina is one of Red John’s pawns. When she was confronted by Jane about going on TV, she had that serene look on her face, like she knew him so well. (Oh, I know…she’s a psychic. Whatever). She also talked about how Jane “lied about” Red John. She had the same look on her face, and calm speech that the secretary had when she was confronted…before she was killed, of course.