Point to Swing
Before reading spoilers my thoughts were swing -> apple -> bell, but I was only focusing on the 'items that typically hang from things' definition and not the 'violent punishment' one.
Having read spoilers I now like Thief, Bell (Piano connection), Apple, then Revolution/Belt. I don't love Belt because it's not used for 'official' hangings and it doesn't really hang by itself, so it's really a connection only to suicide via hanging.
That said by consensus I think we'd go Thief -> Belt -> Apple -> Revolution, provided Swing is even ours of course.
Before reading spoilers my thoughts were swing -> apple -> bell, but I was only focusing on the 'items that typically hang from things' definition and not the 'violent punishment' one.
Having read spoilers I now like Thief, Bell (Piano connection), Apple, then Revolution/Belt. I don't love Belt because it's not used for 'official' hangings and it doesn't really hang by itself, so it's really a connection only to suicide via hanging.
That said by consensus I think we'd go Thief -> Belt -> Apple -> Revolution, provided Swing is even ours of course.