The story of this list came from Season 5 episode 8, Red Sails In The Sunset, when Lorelei Martins inadvertently revealed to Jane that he already knows Red John and even has shaken hands with him, causing Jane to make a list of people he's sure to have shaken hands with since the murder of his wife and daughter, and start to narrow it down in order to discover the true identity of Red John. The 7 names in the list are: The main goal of the first part of Season 6 is to find out who of these men is Red John and stop him before his victim count continues to increase.