Theories of matt0392 (3)

I posted earlier that my best guesses for Red John were McAllister, CBI Ron, Santa Claus and Gandhi.
After seeing next weeks promo I am taking McAllister's name off the list 100%. No way they would give RJ identity away in a 30 second promo.
My thoughts say that the timeline wouldn't fit. If McAllister is RJ and that is him walking into the church at the beginning of next weeks episode and he gets shot, it rules him out completely. We see McAllister fleeing but we don't see him get away. If he does get away, why would he agree to meet Jane (as said later in the promo) after already being shot and facing certain death.

I just watched a video on Youtube of an editor for a TV blog. He posted a video of his live reactions to next weeks episode which contains absolutely 0 spoilers.
Here's the video for those interested: "youtube.com / watch?v=vWYpReqi678" Remove spaces.

At one point in the video his jaw literally drops and he goes a little insane. If this is the moment RJ is revealed he's reacting to, I assume that RJ must be either someone dead (maybe from the list) or someone out of nowhere (eg. Ron or the bald guy in my picture). But obviously it doesn't end up being Bertram and I doubt McAllister.

Gandhi it is.

I pretty much went dark from the internet from saturday to monday so i didnt see any spoilers after i made my final prediction, I went with Ray Haffner. Now, I honestly have no idea who RJ is, I narrowed it down to around 5 people haha.

After last nights episode I have changed my mind for obvious reasons (death).

Last nights episode ended with Jane in a church and we see in next weeks promo that someone follows him into the church and Jane shoots him. This can't be Red John as thats supposed to take place in a park and surely they'll save that for the end of the episode, not the first 5 mins. I heard people saying it could be Judge Manchester (maybe leader of Tyger, Tyger) who could have signed the federal warrant we see at the end of last nights episode.
It could also be Tom McAllister who I believe survived the explosion. How was he the only one out of the 4 on the other side of the room that got burnt to a crisp? He could have smuggled that bomb in under his hat which was placed on the sofa where Bret Stiles and Ray Haffner were sat. I think it was McAllister who gets shot in the church and we later see running through the graveyard outside and through the window of someones house. But I have no idea how that relates to the RJ story if it is indeed Tom McAllister as the meeting with RJ would go down in a park later in the episode.
They said themselves in the episode trust no one as anyone could be in Tyger Tyger. So why should they trust the DNA results that came back. But McAllister was the only one who supposedly died but shouldn't have.

My guess for RJ identity is either Tom McAllister (which I can't really explain). Why would he meet him in the park later if they just met in the church earlier on. (Maybe he was the one ordered to kill Jane's family?)

Then there's Gale Bertram who has already been identified as Red John. I can't see it at all. When he killed the Bar Man, it was sloppy, not like RJ's careful precision. Why would they reveal RJ this week and make it so anti-climactic.

Final choice is Brett Partridge (yes, another Partridge theory, thats how lost I am.) Didn't see his face and every scene of importance seems to have the birds which relates to his death, and name)

Then again it could be anyone, Ron, Kirkland, Gandhi or Santa Claus. I can make cases for each equally.
Just hope for an epic finale to one of my favorite storylines.

Ive been a frequent visitor to this site, especially over the last few months and its time for my prediction as Red John maybe revealed this weekend.
This is based off one of the 7 suspects in RJ.
After a lot of thought, I'm nowhere near 100% sure on this I'm going to have to settle on Ray Haffner.
A lot of the clues i can't seem to figure out, "He is ma (r/n)"
I feel, if anything the tattoo's rule Bertram, McAllister and Smith out.
I'll explain why him and why not the other suspects.

Reede Smith
Basically if it was him I'd cry. He hasn't been around long enough. He doesn't fit any of the RJ descriptions we've had over the years. (Not tall and this)
Also admits he's a lower level guy in Tyger Tyger.
Most obvious is that Lorelei Martins would go near him :)

Bret Stiles
Basically too old and doesn't fit descriptions. But I do think he's involved with RJ which I'll explain futher down.

Bob Kirkland
Only been around since season 5!!!!! He fits the physical descriptions we've had in the past, but I guess their can't only be 1 person matching RJ description from the 7. seen people say it's him or his twin borther. I think the twin brother was a legit reason he was hunting RJ. He asked the fake suspects (Thinking they were RJ) if they had seen him (twin brother) before.
Twin brother just another BS red herring from Heller i think.

Brett Partridge
I wouldn't mind at all if he turned out to be RJ. He's been around since the pilot and his first line ever was "Red John enters here". He's at every RJ crime scene and acts strange. The fact he's dead and it seems a little farfetched, even in this show, that he faked his death. He fits the description as good as anyone on the list honestly but surely way too young to have been at the Visualize Farm in 1988, couldn't be older than 10-15 back then surely.

Tom McAllister
He's been around since episode 2. Definitely creepy enough but just can't see him as RJ. Doesn't seem smart enough even if he is hiding it. He seems to like Jane too. Has the tattoo so a mid level tyger tyger guy i assume.

Gale Bertram

I think the tattoo rules him out and he's just a higher member of the Tyger, Tyger group. Doesn't fit descriptions as he's well over 6-foot and we've seen RJ from behind and he has hair. He's looked like a likely suspect for a few seasons now and can't see it being that obvious and surely Jane would have figured it out.

Ray Haffner
Okay, here's why i'm not 100% sure. He's only been on the show since the start of season 4. He's been accused multiple times of being RJ and reacted genuinely angry. He's been my top suspect since mid-season 5.

I think Ray Haffner is Red John. He's a member of visualize which explains why Bret Stiles has so much knowledge about Red John activities. As he's in visualize he could have been at the Ellison Farm in 1988 and would have been (as pointed out in the very same episode) 21 years old which fits the description that "a kid" painted the smiley face. He fits the recent descriptions, being tall and slim, not bad looking. He looked suspect as he was showing Jane if he had the tattoo. He acted angrily when Lisbon said he thought he could be Red John in last weeks episode instead of just saying no. This may have been done to rule him out as a suspect for Lisbon. He has a phobia of spiders which makes sense because in Sophie Millers notes she said he may have a phobia of something other than heights.

Summary
There's a few reasons why all these people shouldn't be Red John but Ray Haffner has the fewest I can find and has some good evidence supporting the fact he is.
If is someone not on the list eg. Walter Mashburn, Minelli or Ron lol I won't be too pleased unless they have the most complicated back-story of all time.

All I hope for is an epic reveal which links all clues we've got over the 6 seasons.