I just realized how fucked up that child's game of hangman where you try to guess/spell a word by slowly drawing in a stick figure and guessing letters.
Edit: yup just looked it up, and there it is. Wikipedia: hangman#history:
Though the origins of the game are unknown, a variant is mentioned in a book of children's games assembled by Alice Gomme in 1894 called Birds, Beasts, and Fishes.[1] This version lacks the image of a hanged man, instead relying on keeping score as to the number of attempts it took each player to fill in the blanks.
A version which incorporated hanging imagery was described in a 1902 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, which stated that it was popular at "White Cap" parties where guests would wear "white peaked caps with masks".[2]
Edit 2:
Don't read this, you will rage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitecapping