There's kind of a problem. Look at this...
Bob Kirkland: Dead
Brett Partridge: Dead
Reede Smith: Too fat/tall
Bertram: Too tall/bald
Bret Stiles: Too old/ would have been recognised on the farm
Ray Haffner: Too tall
Sheriff McAllister: Has a moustache Rosalynd never mentioned and the gruffest voice.
People not on the list: Why would we waste a whole season to make a list that didn't contain Red John? Walter Mashburn the best off-lister is a giant. He's 6"3.
Michael Kirkland:
-Technically his face is on the list. I never got why Patrick carried pictures of people on the list.
-Experienced hypnotist
Michael Kirkland was in the carnival (Bob says to Lisbon "We moved around first for Mom's work, then for Dad's work. I like to think we grew up in America). Bob thought Patrick was Redjohn, the person that Michael at some point met. Patrick was in the carnival. So it makes sense Bob and Michael were also in the carnival.
- Michael Kirkland kills Jason Lennon
"It's ooook, I'm heere for you. I WON'T leeaaave you."- He's doing a sarcastic impression of his brother, Bob, who actually left Michael with his abusive father.
"Your mind is clear."- Hypnotism from the carnival.
- Michael Kirkland has a strange voice, as quoted by the little girl in season 4
- The Red Sweater Man in Strawberries and Cream: Part 2 may have been a stand in for Michael Kirkland until he was cast permanently. Bruno Heller says we see a glimpse of the real Red John that episode.
- Could hypnotise Kristina Frye to think she was dead
- Has a property (Bob's torture chamber) which could have given him the smell of pine and earth as said by Rosalynd Harker
- Michael Kirkland met Bret Stiles possibly, who helped him with his addiction
- Relates to Lisbon as their fathers were both alcoholic
- Knows Sean Barlow, since he was around the carnival circuit, who also says “It's
odd, isn't it? How the daughters of alcoholics,
so often, are the best kind of women.”
I run out of useful information here. Not much in season 6 suggests this
guy is Red John.
